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The latest lawsuit for damages brought by the victims of Japanese comfort women against the Japanese government was held in the Seoul Central District Court. The plaintiff and the victim, Lee Yong-soo, went to court and explained the situation at the time. While repeatedly criticizing the Japanese government for failing to apologize and refusing to apologize, our court appealed to Japan to take legal responsibility. Reporter Lim Seong-ho reports. Lee Yong-soo, who was in the final plot, declared the horrors of his days as a comfort station in the Japanese army, holding back a burst of tears. The sword-wielding threats from the Japanese army and the pain of being treated like a ghost by the family even after returning alive as a miracle, were also carefully recovered. The grandmother criticized the victims for being a criminal state of war forever, unless the Japanese government apologizes and compensates them while they are alive. In addition, the Korean government was also unable to expedite the resolution of the issue, and the court came out and appealed to clarify Japan’s liability and legal responsibilities. The lawsuit filed by the comfort women victims in December 2016 is two years old due to the Japanese government’s refusal to surrender the complaint. In the end, the court ordered public service in March last year, and the trial began, and the Japanese government complained to the Korean government that the lawsuit was unfair by raising the so-called “theory of state immunity.” It is argued that, under customary international law, that acts of sovereignty in one country are exempt from liability for a trial in another country, they also have no grounds to be tried. However, international law experts, who attended the trial as witnesses, refuted the growing number of cases in which the state immunity law does not apply to acts against human rights that violate fundamental rights. He also emphasized that as Japan continues to shirk its responsibility, our court ruling was the last resort to remedy the rights of the victims. After hearing all the final arguments, the court announced that it would sentence the ruling on January 13 of next year. If the court decides on compensation, relations between Korea and Japan could be frozen once more following the Supreme Court’s mandatory draft ruling last year. Now, the focus is on how the court will respond to the victims’ appeals that there really is little time left. This is YTN Seongho Lim. ※ ‘Your report becomes news’ YTN awaits your valuable report.
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